Barnet Labour’s Cabinet Member for Family Friendly Barnet, Cllr Pauline Coakley-Webb, is urging local schools to sign up to join the 750 school ‘early adopter’ rollout of the government’s new free breakfast club programme – and support local children to start the school day ready to learn. Once the scheme is fully…

Barnet Labour is steering a course of tough decisions to bring the council to financial safety, after decades of Conservative misrule has left it seriously exposed to the current local government crisis. Barnet’s Labour Cabinet will discuss their budget plans next week (Thursday 5th December) as councils across the country…

Barnet’s Labour Council is committed to improvements to West Hendon Playing Fields, after the recklessness of Conservative plans has become clear. Barnet Conservatives pledged £18 million to the site to create a variety of facilities including pitches and play areas – but claimed that it would be funded through future development income that…

Labour councillors have launched a petition save Barnet Post Office. They will be working on the campaign with Dan Tomlinson, Labour’s MP for Chipping Barnet. They will  also be talking to Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, Catherine West, who managed to maintain post office provision in Wood Green when…

Barnet Labour councillors have launched a petition save the Golders Green Post Office. They will be working with local Labour MP, Sarah Sackman, on the campaign. They will also be talking to Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, Catherine West, who managed to maintain post office provision in Wood Green when…

Residents are flocking to Barnet’s leisure centres after the Labour administration boosted efforts to increase usership. Across Barnet, visits to leisure centres were up by more than one sixth in January to August 2024 compared to the same period last year, from 1,004,4865 visits to 1,206,814. The biggest increases by…